Tool-handle



the construction of the handle whereas my useiwithout handles,'are madewith a square UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE. 1

LOUIS C. RODIER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOOL-HAN DLE.

Specication of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LoUis C. RoDIER, of Springfield, in the county ofHampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Handle for Awls and other Small Tools; and I'do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawingsI` making a part ofthese specifications.

It is the object of my invention to produce a handle for awls or othersimilar tools' into which the tool can be inserted conveniently andsecurely. Il am ywell aware that handles have been invented for thispurpose, but in all of them the shank Vof the awl or tool was made of apeculiar form adapted to invention is so constructed that any common awlw1ll be held securely. As 1s well known awls such as are for sale forcommon shank to be driven intq the handle, and dividing this shank fromthe bit or round portion of the awl, is a square flange or projection toprevent its being driven too far into the handle. Then once driven intoa handle in the common way the awl is held simply by its friction, andwhen it once becomes loose by use there is no way of tightening itconveniently, and it is entirely impracticable to think of changing' oneawl for another in the same handle as after one or two such changes, thehandle would be entirely useless for any one of them. Now by a verysimple arrangement I form a handle that will receive any common awl asit comes from the manufacturer, and hold it firmly in its place, and ifdesirable any other awl of a different size can be substituted for it aseasily as a bit is changed in a bit stock of the most improvedconstruction.

In the drawings making a part of these specifications Figure 1 is anout-side View of my invention and Fig. 2 is a section.

31,189, dated January 22, 1861.

A, is the handle proper made of wood or other suitable substance.

B, is a ferrule covering the end of the handle and having a hollow shanka, extending up into the handle. The hole in this shank is square, andlarge enough to receive the shank of a good sized awl.

C, is an awl, b, being the bit, o, the flange and cl, the shank.

On the outside of the ferrule B, is a screw thread.

D is a cap screwing on to the ferrule, and having in its end a vhole toreceive the bit of the awl. As here shown the ferrule has a shankextending up into the handle, but it may be made with simply a squarehole in the end or head of the ferrule. an awl, insert its shank intothe hole, slip the cap onto the bit, and screw it down until the flangeof the awl is nipped between the cap and head of the ferrule. F or alarge sized awl it is well to have the shank fill the hole enough toprevent it from turning, but for any awl whose shank would be smallenough to turn in the hole in the ferrule the grip of the' screw capwill hold it firmly enough as there is no possibility of pulling it out.This arrangement is so simple and its use so obvious that any moreextended explanation is unnecessary to render it apparent to any oneaccustomed to the use of such instruments.

Now what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- A handle for awls or other tools, having the ferrule B, and screwcap C, combined and operating in the manner and for the purposesubstantially as herein described.

LOUIS C. RODIER.

litnesses E. D. ToURTELLoT'r, MILTON BRADEY.

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